Part of Brighton Comedy Festival, with Kennedy Street Recovery Hub - Find your confidence. Find your community. Find your funny - and maybe even find yourself.
Laughter really can be the best medicine! If you’ve experienced substance use challenges, this unique series of comedy & clowning workshops is for you. Through play, performance, & connection, you’ll discover the healing power of humour – & have a good laugh while you’re at it. Whether you’ve never set foot on a stage or you’re just curious to try something new, Finding Your Funny helps boost self-esteem, build confidence, & create a strong sense of belonging. It’s a safe & supported space to be silly & turn life’s messiness into moments of joy.
Join Spymonkey’s Petra Massey, a world-class comedy performer, teacher, & co-founder of the legendary international comedy troupe Spymonkey. With 40 years of experience in making people laugh, Petra brings warmth, wisdom, & a whole lot of fun to every workshop. Petra will be assisted by the inimitable clown Peter Mielniczek & Kennedy Street Recovery Hub’s Sam Hunt, certified professional recovery coach.
Essential Information:
Taster Session:
If you’re curious but not quite ready to commit, join us for a relaxed 3-hour taster workshop with Petra Massey.
For more information and to book, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Applications are open now!
Course Details:
The Advanced Training programme allows a small group of around 20 artists to come together to form a company who will work together for 5 days.
The course is a highly energetic and creative programme, suitable for participants with an interest in extending their knowledge and practice of devising and physicality techniques.
Building on the content covered in our Introductory and Intermediate workshops, our Advanced Training programme will build on these skills and put them into practice.
Please note: This course is aimed at either those with professional experience in some area of performance and/or those that that have taken part in our Intermediate course.
Essential Information:
For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
What is it that makes you as a performer uniquely funny? How do you share that brilliant, special ridiculousness with an audience so that they are helpless with laughter?
In this 5-day introduction to Spymonkey Clown we will focus on how to identify and develop that particular quality of Funny that is special to you, and only you.
You will be supported to develop these comedic skills in a safe, fun and laughter-filled environment. This positive group dynamic will allow you focus on identifying and trusting your best impulses, taking risks, being adventurous, generous and honest as a performer. In this highly enjoyable workshop we will play games and exercises, developing trust and complicity with the group. You will find the pleasure in your own ridiculousness, stay optimistic, discover your comedy gold, and get ready to laugh until your face hurts.
We will share many of the methods that Spymonkey have found essential over the years in creating Theatre of the Funny: physical games, improvisational games, status exercises, physical comedy routines, chorus exercises and parody.
Essential Information:
Calling all university students! Spymonkey are offering a 50% discount on this workshop with the promocode SPYMONKEY50 and Name of Uni.
For more information and to book, click the Opportunity Info link below!
What is it that makes you as a performer uniquely funny? How do you share that brilliant, special ridiculousness with an audience so that they are helpless with laughter?
In this 5-day introduction to Spymonkey Clown we will focus on how to identify and develop that particular quality of Funny that is special to you, and only you.
You will be supported to develop these comedic skills in a safe, fun and laughter-filled environment. This positive group dynamic will allow you focus on identifying and trusting your best impulses, taking risks, being adventurous, generous and honest as a performer. In this highly enjoyable workshop we will play games and exercises, developing trust and complicity with the group. You will find the pleasure in your own ridiculousness, stay optimistic, discover your comedy gold, and get ready to laugh until your face hurts.
We will share many of the methods that Spymonkey have found essential over the years in creating Theatre of the Funny: physical games, improvisational games, status exercises, physical comedy routines, chorus exercises and parody. Toby particularly enjoys using music as a source of comedic inspiration, so we will also look at how song, dance and musicality can lead us to new and unexpected comedic territory.
Essential Information:
Calling all university students! Spymonkey are offering a 50% discount on this workshop with the promocode SPYMONKEY50 and Name of Uni.
For more information and to book, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Learn from leading professionals, create your own work, support your wellbeing and develop your dance, acting and singing skills.
Every weekend DreamArts Creative Labs enable 6-12 year olds to explore and unleash their talents. Our skilled professionals encourage members to devise and perform their own original musicals.
Saturdays
Sundays
To register, please contact angela@dreamarts.org.uk
In partnership with Wythenshawe Forum Creative Space, Young Identity are offering FREE writing and performance workshops every Thursday at Forum Library for ages 13-25; starting from 8 October until 3 December 2026.
Join a space for young creators to make something they're proud of and work with professional writers, artists and directors. Through performance activities and writing sessions, you can identify your style of writing in a community of creatives.
Essential Information
For more information and to register, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Young Identity run free workshops every week throughout Manchester and Trafford for young creatives aged 13 - 25. With regular attendance, you’ll get access to specialist workshops, creative projects and performance opportunities.
HOME - Mondays 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Central Library - Tuesdays 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Old Trafford - Wednesdays 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Respect and Dignity - Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Verse and Vibe - Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Young Identity’s year-long Creating Pathways programme supports underrepresented young people aged 13–25 to progress into the creative and cultural sector.
This in-person programme expands learning for young creatives, offering opportunities in event production and workshop facilitation. Through the pathways of our Young Producers and Young Performers, you will gain valuable experience in the creative industries.
You will build relationships with artists, partners and industry professionals to access mentorship opportunities, training and specialist classes. You will access progression opportunities that build confidence and support pathways into cultural leadership, creative practice and wider sector roles.
Essential Information:
For more information to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Explore the work of Caryl Churchill with an in-depth exploration of Dominic Cooke’s new production of Cloud 9, Churchill’s daring satirical classic.
Featuring practical demonstrations and interactive talks, this student conference supports A-Level Drama students with their Live Theatre Review, and English students studying the text or Caryl Churchill’s body of work.
The conference will provide a detailed exploration of Cloud 9.
Students will:
Attendees will also receive a ticket to watch Cloud 9 that evening.
Essential Information:
Please note: this event is for schools and colleges, rather than individuals. Teachers will need to apply for tickets for their classes.
For more information and to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Led by our Artistic Director Nuna Sandy and our Associate Director Mariana Aritizábal Pardo, this hands-on course will show you how to create devised plays with teenagers about the topics, ideas and stories they care about the most.
Workshop Details:
This is a practical workshop with time to apply exercises and trial learning with the group. Everyone will leave with a toolkit of practical exercises, information and feedback, created in collaboration with the cohort to support in your co-creation journey.
This is a course for people who work with young people and want to provide space and co-create with young people in a wide range of disciplines. As practitioners it’s important we keep learning, growing and being curious. If you want a space to playfully discover or rediscover your practice when looking at co-creation, this is the course for you.
Course Dates:
Thu 15 and Fri 16 October 11:00-16:00
OR
Thu 25 and Fri 26 February 11:00-16:00
Course Cost:
We deliver courses because we think it's important to share practice and provide spaces for artists to grow and learn.
As a charity, we rely on the income from our training courses to sustain and grow our work with young people. This course has been carefully developed through years of practice and reflection at Company Three, drawing on the expertise and experience of our skilled facilitators. Every payment made for this course directly supports our work with young people.
The full price of this course is £250, but we offer a number of subsidised options to make it accessible to as many people as possible.
Options:
For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
